# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Kamps Pallets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054718` · 5/19/2025 · VERSAILLES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Kamps Pallets, Inc.
- **Location:** 10709 Reed Rd., VERSAILLES, OHIO, 45380
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a board onto a pallet on the automatic pallet machine when his hand slipped and his left index finger contacted the nailer carriage assembly. His finger was pinched in the assembly, resulting in hospitalization with a crushing injury to the finger that required surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*